Florida-based Rizome Philippines is investing $100 million, approximately P5.5 billion, for an engineered bamboo plant in Cagayan de Oro in support of the government's move to develop the bamboo sector in the country. Former Agriculture Secretary Luis P. Lorenzo Jr., a global investor at Rizome...
Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte led the simultaneous and nationwide launching of the Office of the Vice President’s (OVP) “PagbaBAGo Campaign: A Million Learners and Trees”, which aims to provide one million beneficiaries learning materials and dental kits. Vice President...
A big tree inside a supermarket in Batangas City is gaining traction among shoppers because it is making the place more alive and connected with nature. Since its establishment in 1986, Citimart has become one of the landmarks in Batangas City, Batangas, that saw the urban area's rapid...
Pruning is the cutting and removal of plant parts to improve their appearance and shape and control their growth, flowering, or fruiting. It is a popular practice in landscaping and ornamental crops but is also an important practice in fruit trees and vegetable production. Here are four reasons why...
Giemel Ayap is a coconut farmer and coconut seedling trader from Tiaong, Quezon. Ayap's journey to becoming a coconut farmer and seedling trader began with his previous experiences as an eggplant farmer and a swine and poultry raiser. In 2017, he was able to secure a contract farming job in Korea,...
PARIS, France -- Planting more trees in urban areas to lower summertime temperatures could decrease deaths directly linked to hot weather and heatwaves by a third, researchers said Wednesday. Modelling found that increasing tree cover to 30 percent would shave off 0.4 degrees Celsius (0.7 degrees...
This obsession for youth is old. As Pablo Picasso once said, “It takes a very long time to be young.” We might have been obsessed with youth since the beginning of time, or at least on record since Herodotus wrote about the fountain of youth in the fifth century BC, but as a cultural...
By: Alexa Basa & Badette Cunanan Photos by: Juan Carlo de Vela & Erwin Barleta The Manila Bulletin featured 20 finalists, promoting the beauty of the Philippines in its 20 th Newspaper-Christmas-Tree Making Contest 2022 held at South Entertainment Mall, SM Mall of Asia on December...
Senator Ramon ‘’Bong’’ Revilla Jr. today joined Senator Cynthia A. Villar in urging the public to participate in tree planting activities to widen the country’s whole-of-nation reforestation effort. Revilla said Villar, chairperson of the Senate environment, natural resources and climate...
Christmas in the Philippines this year will be a first for United States (US) Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson, who’s quite excited to welcome her daughters in the country to spend the festivities with them. US Ambassador to Manila MaryKay Carlson stands beside the “Alliance...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The local government of Malabon City held a gift-giving activity dubbed “Project Angel Tree” for 100 children and their parents at Malabon Citisquare Entertainment Center on Thursday. Dec. 15. “Ngayong araw, nakibahagi tayo sa Project Angel Tree Gift Giving Activity upang...
By DIANN IVY CALUCIN The local government of Malabon City held a gift-giving activity dubbed "Project Angel Tree" for 100 children and their parents at Malabon Citisquare Entertainment Center on Thursday. Dec. 15. "Ngayong araw, nakibahagi tayo sa Project Angel Tree Gift Giving Activity upang...
